Yasir Hameed has been rewarded for his fine 76 on Sunday

Bangalore: Opener Yasir Hameed, who scored an excellent 76 in the Pakistan second innings, has been rewarded by Inzamam-ul Haq: He?s going to stay back as the 17th member of the ODI squad.

?Yes, the captain did make a request and the Board has agreed,? manager Saleem Altaf told The Telegraphon Monday evening. Laughing, he added: ?If you win, quite a few things can be done...?

Apparently, Inzamam made the request in a one-on-one with Board chairman Shaharyar Khan. The latter then spoke to chief selector Wasim Bari.

Hameed, it may be recalled, was to head home ? with Taufeeq Umar and Mohammed Khalil ? after the final Test. Now, only Umar and Khalil will be leaving.

The ones picked exclusively for the six ODIs are: Shahid Nazir, Rao Iftikhar and Mohammed Hafeez. The trio joins teammates in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Pakistan are to play a limited overs warm-up match there prior to the ODI series which gets underway in Kochi on April 2.